embroidery software?

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embroidery software? betsey 06-11-2009
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Posted by betsey on June 11, 2009, 8:45 am
hi everyone---

we've ordered a new dell...and so has vista instead of whatever this
current old machine has....

and my hubby is not so sure that the existing embroidery software i
have (ok, stop laughing....pes from about 13 years ago) will operate
in the new laptop...so, i need to investigate.

i don't do a lot of digitizing, perhaps because the software is clumsy
(i'm hoping it's gotten better)...my machine is a babylock
ellure...it's a great little workhorse.

now...i'm not in the postion to spend megabucks on software...but any
opinions out there????

betsey

Posted by Dr. Jon R.N. on June 11, 2009, 9:37 am
I don't digitize at all. I use the embird basic program, about $140. You
can add to it with digitizers and font engines. It does what I want it to
do.

Jon


> hi everyone---
>
> we've ordered a new dell...and so has vista instead of whatever this
> current old machine has....
>
> and my hubby is not so sure that the existing embroidery software i
> have (ok, stop laughing....pes from about 13 years ago) will operate
> in the new laptop...so, i need to investigate.
>
> i don't do a lot of digitizing, perhaps because the software is clumsy
> (i'm hoping it's gotten better)...my machine is a babylock
> ellure...it's a great little workhorse.
>
> now...i'm not in the postion to spend megabucks on software...but any
> opinions out there????
>
> betsey



Posted by I.E.Z. on June 11, 2009, 3:09 pm

> hi everyone---
>
> we've ordered a new dell...and so has vista instead of whatever this
> current old machine has....
>
> and my hubby is not so sure that the existing embroidery software i
> have (ok, stop laughing....pes from about 13 years ago) will operate
> in the new laptop...so, i need to investigate.
>
> i don't do a lot of digitizing, perhaps because the software is clumsy
> (i'm hoping it's gotten better)...my machine is a babylock
> ellure...it's a great little workhorse.
>
> now...i'm not in the postion to spend megabucks on software...but any
> opinions out there????
>
> betsey

I use the Embird suite of products. Basic Embird will allow you to resize
and do simple manipulation of embroidery designs. Embird Studio is a
digitizing program. At first I found Embird, and especially Studio, a bit
daunting, but by just working with it, I was able to get pretty good at
doing my own designs. Also, there are tutorials, free and otherwise, on the
web that explained things I was having a hard time with. Moneywise, the
price is quite reasonable and there are frequent upgrades to the program,
either free or at small cost. There's also a font engine plug-in that will
let you make tru-type fonts into embroidery, or you can simply buy alphabets
pre-digitized. I have the font engine, and I still mostly use the
pre-digitized alphabets because they're easier. There is a cross-stitch and
a photo realism add-on, but I don't have those.

Hope this helps.

Iris



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